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It's GPL2+ -> LGPL2.1+

It's GPL2+ -> LGPL2.1+

Posted Feb 21, 2012 3:10 UTC (Tue) by idupree (subscriber, #71169)
In reply to: GPL -> LGPL is a logical move here, regardless of what rabid Stallmanites say by Kluge
Parent article: VLC 2.0 released

Quick facts:

Their LGPL press release[1] says "This change of license[...] is a move from the current license (GPLv2 or later) to the LGPLv2.1 or later license." Thus, it was already GPLv3-compatible under GPL2+ licensing.

Also "The license of the VLC media player will continue to be GPLv2 or later."

[1] http://www.videolan.org/press/lgpl-libvlc.html


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